The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is celebrating its 60th anniversary on November 7, 2026. One of the agency’s longest-tenured drivers, John Tancredi, started driving for RIPTA 33 year...

Storied Providence, sponsored by The Providence Eye, brings together local voices to share the stories behind our city’s neighborhoods, landmarks and…

Over ten years ago, Senator Bernie Sanders won the Democratic primary race for president in Rhode Island with 55% of the vote. The Democratic Socialist would end up losing to Hillary Clinton, but the ...

Providence’s City Council will see at least 5 new faces in January, with some major upsets shaking up City Hall. A coalition of progressive City Council members nearly swept their elections, after pro...

State Representative David Morales captured 53% of the vote in Wednesday’s primary, surpassing incumbent Mayor Brett Smiley’s 46% in a race that reflects a national surge of left-leaning politicians c...

Over the last three years, inmates at Rhode Island’s Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) demolished a floor at the minimum security facility to make way for a construction workshop. As they replaced...

There is no safe amount of lead exposure, but elevated blood lead levels are trending downward in Providence. From 2015-2016, 43% of Providence students from kindergarten through fifth grade showed el...

The rent stabilization ordinance proposed by City Council in January 2026 has become a core issue in Providence’s upcoming mayoral election, highlighting disagreements among the Democratic party on ho...